Edwin Markham Quotes

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

Choices are the hinges of destiny.

It is better to rust out than wear out.

The thing that is incredible is life itself. Why should we be here in this sun-illuminated universe? Why should there be green earth under our feet?

Here is the Truth in a little creed, Enough for all the roads we go: In Love is all the law we need, In Christ is all the God we know.

Lincoln, the Man of the People

No soul can be forever banned, Eternally bereft, Whoever falls from God’s right hand Is caught into his left.

There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.

The thing that is incredible is life itself.

Ah, great it is to believe the dream as we stand in youth by the starry stream; But a greater thing is to fight life through, and at the end, ‘The dream is true!’

Yes, take a little time to play And look at life the other way. God rested when the world was made: Rest now, old friend; be not afraid. But think not that your work is over, That you are now a foot-free rover, A rambler upon idle ways, Whittling away the golden days. For in the road climb to the goal There’s no long furlough for a soul. There’s no long pause: on every height Another summit swims in sight. The long road rises, scene by scene, With little restings in between.

Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, the emptiness of ages in his face, and on his back the burden of the world.